Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THETWO ATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

~ a ~ thtANA "a q A 49,
Donkey Plays an Important Part II
Clearing on an Unfortunate Albany
Merchants Innumerablc Debts How
GuaDO Was Sold at MCDonough Mon
day-A Lively Chase After Burg arr
at Athens.
GEORGIA.
The Sandersvllle public school now
numbers on Its roll 2l0 students.
Y. Il. Roughton, OF Sandersville, has
entered business in Dublin and will soon
remove to that city.
The lot on which the jail stood next ia
The Mercury office, at Sandersyille, was
sold to DIR. Holined last week Tor $1,000.
AT Camilla Zone W lhams, who was
shot by Taylor Is dead. He died Monday
morning, after several hours Of intense
suffering.
There Is talk OF ORGANIZING stock
company to buy sufficient land for q prl-
waite cemetery Just outside the corporate
limits of Macon.
The Bapusts Of Griffin have raised in
straight-out Subscriptions during the
past two weeks some $500 Tor the support
OF missions The Methodlsts. on last
Sunday, at the call 81 their pastor, raised
in few minutes $50 TO pay an old debt
on the church.
FIfty-three Tax Collectors and sixty
three Receivers have uled their bonds
with the Cumptroller General up 10 date,
leaving eighty-tour Collectors aud seven
ty-tOur Receivers To near from. II the
latter do not send in their bonds by Feb.
Il, taeir commissions viii IN all proba-
bility be revoked by the Governor.
Willie, the s.year-oId SON OF Samuel
Hayes, of Lenoia, came 10 his death in
quite peculiar way on Friday last. tie
WAS 81 work with some hands down ~
the swamps. aud through mistake got
hold of some angelica root and ate about
two ounces OF il, when MS older brother
discovered him eating the poisonous stud
aud took II from HIM. \ hysiCiau was
sent tor Immediately. but it was too lsIe,
the poison had done its cruel work and
the little fellow died before assistance ar
rived.
At one time in Albauy's history, during
the time the law OF imprisonment FOR
debt was in force, a gentleman, who after
wards became a conspicuous character
as one of her most successful business
men, through uutoward circumstances
became financially involved, and his
property disapp rapidly under the
hammer. knowing that as long as any
personal property could be pointed out ON
which to be levied no execution could
proceed against the person OF a debtor, a
friend gave him a donkey of The mos;
unprepos sessiug looks and vicious habits
and the most discordant voice that ever
woke the echoes Of the eternal hills.
When levied on friend would ALWAYS
bid him IN for Ire harraSsed debtor for
mere song. which WAS repeated until
tickle fortune smiled again on his devoted
head, aud be effected n settlement OF his
most pressing claims.
A large guano club, composed Of Henry
eounty's best citizens, met at McD0n-
ough Monday tor the purpose of buying
Auano. Adalv Bros. n Co., OF Atlanta
had John Il. Hutchessou. OF Jones boro, TO
represent tnem. The McDOuouSh agents
went into the contest not TO be LETT.
Every representative Of the various
guano companies put in their bid TO The
club. The club retired to the 'canrt
house to consider the claims Of the differ
eut companies. nurnS the time Col.
John HutcnersOn paced up and down the
street CRYING aloud 20 all byStauiars that
Adair Bros, & Co., ot Atlanta, We're the
only men 10 buy from. At u O'Clock the
club made their report. II. j. Copeland.
who represents the Savannah Guano
company, sold about ninety tons. ). W.
Alexander, who represents q. W. Scott
4 Co., SOLD about seventy tons; while
On Wednesday, as II. f. Kreutz was
going to Toomsboro, while passing a
house he saw negro woman Walking to-
ward it. Suddenly the woman gave a
scream aud commenced wringing her
hands ami tearing her hair. then falling
upon the ground. began TO roll Rud tUm-
bic, uttering all the time LOUD means and
walls. The actions Of the woman were
SO strange that upon fielding a road which
led 10 the house ne drove up 10 lhe cabin
and horrible sight greeted his
eyes. Lying in front OF the
cabin WAS the body OF negro girl three
or four years of age which had caught
on tire IN the absence OF the mother.
Tue body WAS llieless, having been burned
10 crisp, ANA the limbs drawn iuto an
unnatural position. Tue tlesh WIS cracked
open from burns. hreutz found that the
mother had been gone but \ short while
TO gather wood, and her actions were uu-
derstood when such shock met her upon
her return. He reported the mat
Ter at Toomsboro. and IL was found that
The woman was the wife OF a colored man
named Green Jackson.
Last Thursday evening about sunset il
was discovered that the barn IN the rear
of W. A, Kelly X Bros old store, on the
southern. side Of the public square at
Monticello. was on IRE. The alarm was
given, large crowd soon collected aud
worked faithfully 10 ehecS the progress OF
tue danes. but all 10 no SvSll. Not until
Esne buildings were consumed did its fury
Rhste. Among the unfortunate persons
who suffered from the effects OF the IRE
were Watson 4 Walker. Benton Bros,
dealers in general merchandise. and Dr.
Elder. druggist. Or. Furse lost three
buildings. One 81 them had recent
" had story sdded. second
was being erected and the third was occu-
pied BY AsoerTy Catching (colOred) for
merchandise. The shoe shop owned by
Henry Freeman (colorei) W A. Kelly i
Bros. two barns, besides the store occu-
pied by Benton Bros. and Or. Broddus'
Office, and s blacksmith shop were all
consumed. None OF them were insured.
Benton Bros. managed TO get out most OF
their Socis, but many We're afterward
burned. DT. Elder lost good many
nrGaS- Watson 4 walkers loss was
greater thaa any Of them. They saved
noDs o. their groceries IL the basement
aud but few goods from upstairs. This
Is the talrd disastrous IRE tnat aAs visited
N2uucsllo during The past ave years.
O1.y oos side o. TIE public square Is LEFT